Velar consonant

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Velar consonant

Quality:

Velar consonant - consonant articulated with the back part of the tongue. Article “Velar consonant” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 5862nd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Velar consonant”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 636 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 303 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 16718 times in all languages (9991st place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1975 in March 2023
  • Global: #299 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1674 in November 2021
  • Global: #75370 in April 2010

There are 41 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Velar consonant
30.3972
2Portuguese (pt)
Consoante velar
25.7389
3Tamil (ta)
மெல்லண்ண மெய்
23.8197
4Persian (fa)
همخوان نرم‌کامی
23.2301
5German (de)
Velar
21.7076
6Kazakh (kk)
Тіл арты дауыссыздар
21.2606
7Lithuanian (lt)
Gomuriniai priebalsiai
17.1094
8Chinese (zh)
软腭音
16.462
9Finnish (fi)
Velaari
16.4304
10Estonian (et)
Velaar
15.0395
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Velar consonant" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Velar consonant
1 259 880
2German (de)
Velar
221 534
3Spanish (es)
Consonante velar
173 983
4Russian (ru)
Заднеязычные согласные
161 411
5Italian (it)
Consonante velare
143 061
6French (fr)
Consonne vélaire
119 563
7Japanese (ja)
軟口蓋音
118 224
8Chinese (zh)
软腭音
103 530
9Polish (pl)
Spółgłoska miękkopodniebienna
76 212
10Simple English (simple)
Velar consonant
70 386
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Velar consonant" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Velar consonant
5 190
2Chinese (zh)
软腭音
729
3Russian (ru)
Заднеязычные согласные
595
4Simple English (simple)
Velar consonant
532
5Japanese (ja)
軟口蓋音
384
6German (de)
Velar
370
7Spanish (es)
Consonante velar
306
8Italian (it)
Consonante velare
252
9French (fr)
Consonne vélaire
245
10Hindi (hi)
कण्ठ्य व्यंजन
137
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Velar consonant" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Velar consonant
113
2German (de)
Velar
58
3French (fr)
Consonne vélaire
46
4Russian (ru)
Заднеязычные согласные
44
5Italian (it)
Consonante velare
36
6Hebrew (he)
עיצורים וילוניים
28
7Chinese (zh)
软腭音
28
8Dutch (nl)
Velaar
27
9Norwegian (no)
Velarer
26
10Japanese (ja)
軟口蓋音
19
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Velar consonant" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Velar consonant
2
2Esperanto (eo)
Velsono
1
3Ukrainian (uk)
Задньоязиковий приголосний
1
4Arabic (ar)
طبقي
0
5Belarusian (be)
Заднеязычныя зычныя
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Заднонебна съгласна
0
7Catalan (ca)
Consonant velar
0
8Czech (cs)
Velární souhláska
0
9Danish (da)
Velær konsonant
0
10German (de)
Velar
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Velar consonant" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Velar consonant
4 172
2Chinese (zh)
软腭音
1 283
3French (fr)
Consonne vélaire
1 273
4Portuguese (pt)
Consoante velar
1 026
5Russian (ru)
Заднеязычные согласные
919
6Spanish (es)
Consonante velar
869
7Catalan (ca)
Consonant velar
703
8Japanese (ja)
軟口蓋音
602
9Korean (ko)
연구개음
581
10Indonesian (id)
Konsonan lelangit lunak
505
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Scores

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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
طبقي
beBelarusian
Заднеязычныя зычныя
bgBulgarian
Заднонебна съгласна
caCatalan
Consonant velar
csCzech
Velární souhláska
daDanish
Velær konsonant
deGerman
Velar
enEnglish
Velar consonant
eoEsperanto
Velsono
esSpanish
Consonante velar
etEstonian
Velaar
euBasque
Kontsonante belar
faPersian
همخوان نرم‌کامی
fiFinnish
Velaari
frFrench
Consonne vélaire
glGalician
Consoante velar
heHebrew
עיצורים וילוניים
hiHindi
कण्ठ्य व्यंजन
huHungarian
Veláris hang
idIndonesian
Konsonan lelangit lunak
itItalian
Consonante velare
jaJapanese
軟口蓋音
kkKazakh
Тіл арты дауыссыздар
koKorean
연구개음
ltLithuanian
Gomuriniai priebalsiai
msMalay
Konsonan velar
nlDutch
Velaar
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Velar
noNorwegian
Velarer
plPolish
Spółgłoska miękkopodniebienna
ptPortuguese
Consoante velar
roRomanian
Consoană velară
ruRussian
Заднеязычные согласные
simpleSimple English
Velar consonant
svSwedish
Velar konsonant
taTamil
மெல்லண்ண மெய்
trTurkish
Artdamaksıl ünsüz
ukUkrainian
Задньоязиковий приголосний
urUrdu
غشائی مصمتات
viVietnamese
Âm ngạc mềm
zhChinese
软腭音

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1674
11.2021
Global:
#75370
04.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1975
03.2023
Global:
#299
01.2002

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Velar consonant from Wikipedia articles about International Phonetic Alphabet, Centum-satem isogloss, IPA pulmonic consonant chart with audio, Palatal consonant and Proto-Indo-European phonology. Whereas reading the article about Velar consonant people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Soft palate, Voiced velar fricative, Voiced velar nasal, Uvular consonant and Voiceless velar fricative.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

de: Velar
nl: Velaar
nn: Velar
et: Velaar

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